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Center for Allied Health Center for Allied Health ProgramsPrograms
University of MinnesotaUniversity of Minnesota Rochester – Twin CitiesRochester – Twin Cities
Center for Allied Health Center for Allied Health ProgramsPrograms
University of MinnesotaUniversity of Minnesota Rochester – Twin CitiesRochester – Twin Cities
Charles ChristiansenDirector
MissionMissionTo develop leading signature academic To develop leading signature academic programsprograms in in partnershippartnership with others with others that employ innovative, effective and that employ innovative, effective and sustainable educational strategies to sustainable educational strategies to meet Minnesota’s allied health meet Minnesota’s allied health workforce needs into the 21workforce needs into the 21stst Century. Century.
Our Partners will include:Our Partners will include:• Employers in the healthcare industry
– Health systems (public and private)– Government
• Educational Institutions– The Mayo School of Health Sciences– Other MN Colleges and Universities– Regional and global others?
Minnesota’s Health Workforce NeedsMinnesota’s Health Workforce Needs
• Minnesota is faced Minnesota is faced with growing with growing shortages of key shortages of key healthcare workers in healthcare workers in the years ahead.the years ahead.
• Our current Our current approaches toward approaches toward health education are health education are obsolete and obsolete and unsustainable.unsustainable.
Current and future programs:Current and future programs:• Occupational therapy
• Medical Technology (Clinical Laboratory Science)
• Radiation Therapy
• Respiratory Care (Therapy)
• Others TBD
Other Other
RochesterRochester
Twin CitiesTwin Cities
Short Term StrategyShort Term Strategy
Others
Twin Cities
Rochester
2007-92007-9 2007-92007-9 2008-20102008-2010
We expect Radiation Therapy and Respiratory Care to move to the center in 2007.
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Occupational Therapy Medical Technology Resp/Radiation/Other
University Program University ProgramJoint Joint
DegreeDegree
University ProgramUniversity ProgramSharedShared
CurriculaCurricula
College/Univ ProgramUniversity ProgramArticulationArticulationAgreementAgreement
Mid-Range StrategiesMid-Range Strategies
• Appointed new leadership in MT/CLSAppointed new leadership in MT/CLS• Completed proposal to migrate faculty and Completed proposal to migrate faculty and
endowment to Center from Medical School for endowment to Center from Medical School for consideration at next Regents Meetingconsideration at next Regents Meeting
• Hired new Student Services DirectorHired new Student Services Director• Formulated Intellectual Property Agreement Formulated Intellectual Property Agreement
for faculty working in TEL materialsfor faculty working in TEL materials• Appointing Center Advisory CouncilAppointing Center Advisory Council
Current Progress
• Initiated searches to hire support staff and Initiated searches to hire support staff and faculty for Rochesterfaculty for Rochester
• Reviewing (with our partners) existing BAS Reviewing (with our partners) existing BAS degree programs and proposal to create degree programs and proposal to create designated professional bachelors degree designated professional bachelors degree designations for disciplines in the centerdesignations for disciplines in the center
• Developed Interim 7.12 statement for new Developed Interim 7.12 statement for new faculty hires. Final statement will better align faculty hires. Final statement will better align desired activities with promotion and tenuredesired activities with promotion and tenure
Current Progress (cont)
A key feature of the center:A key feature of the center:
Technology Enhanced LearningTechnology Enhanced Learning
The use of innovations in technology that The use of innovations in technology that increase increase accessaccess for learners, enhance for learners, enhance learning learning qualityquality, and increase learning , and increase learning
productivityproductivity..
Learners Are Changing
Millennials are on Millennials are on campus with their campus with their technologies and technologies and expectations—learner-expectations—learner-centered, flexible, centered, flexible, interactive, interactive, individualized, and individualized, and ubiquitous learning ubiquitous learning services. services.
“Time magazine named “You” as its person of the year because community and collaboration, made possible by the Internet, are happening on a scale like never before. YouTube, eBay, MySpace, Digg, Wikipedia, the iPod and other personalization phenomena are examples of how users are participating in and taking control of technologies and content from those who create them. We believe that this trend will only accelerate.”
Key Technology TrendsKey Technology Trends
StarTribune.com, Posted on Tue, Dec. 26, 2006, “10 Tech Trends of 2007,” Dean Takahashi, Mercury News
From the From the Star Star TribuneTribune::
The University of the Future: The University of the Future: Rethinking TechnologyRethinking Technology
“The way we organize schools and The way we organize schools and provide instruction is essentially the provide instruction is essentially the same as it was when our Founding same as it was when our Founding Fathers went to school…We still educate Fathers went to school…We still educate our students based on an agricultural our students based on an agricultural timetable, in an industrial setting, yet tell timetable, in an industrial setting, yet tell students they live in the digital age.” students they live in the digital age.” -Roderick Paige-Roderick Paige
Former U.S. Secretary of EducationFormer U.S. Secretary of Education
• Bring technologies together to meet Bring technologies together to meet student and teacher needs.student and teacher needs.
• Respect learning and teaching Respect learning and teaching differences and provide suites of tools.differences and provide suites of tools.
• Apply best practices in technology Apply best practices in technology choices and uses as they evolve.choices and uses as they evolve.
• Be easy, playful, useful, and flexible.Be easy, playful, useful, and flexible.
Maximize eLearning PotentialMaximize eLearning Potential
• State-of-the-artState-of-the-art• Learner-centeredLearner-centered• Competency-drivenCompetency-driven• Technology-enhancedTechnology-enhanced• Distributed and accessibleDistributed and accessible• Collaboratively developedCollaboratively developed• HybridHybrid
Innovative learning platformsInnovative learning platforms
• The Learner is the Center• Leadership Commitment: Design,
planning, implementation and assessment• Maximizing UMN world-class technologies• Learning: The right time, the right way, the
right stuff, and the right outcomes• Collaboration across boundaries
Core PrinciplesCore Principles
• We think of a platform as a launching pad for learning.
• We use the term “hybrid” because it combines educational tools with the learners preferences.
• Our goal is to combine the right tools, in the right hands, with the right content, at the right time to get the optimum success and learner outcomes.
Hybrid PlatformsHybrid Platforms
1. Manage information abundance:• Libraries• Search Appliances, Tagging, and Tuning• Just in Time and Just for You
2. Customize information3. Allow users to personalize information4. Be transportable5. Support teaching and learning 6. Create secure spaces7. Watch, listen, learn and refine…continually
Example: Portal DevelopmentExample: Portal Development
Changing Education
Technology for Life
• Intellectual property agreements for faculty developing educational innovations
• Co-Development and co-licensing of TEL Curricular Content
• Possible syndication beyond partnerships• Creation of rational systems for statewide
clinical placement of students• Development of an e-institute for faculty
continuing education in TEL
Concurrent StrategiesConcurrent Strategies
507-280-2826 (Rochester) 612-625-0108 (Twin Cities)